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I can't decide if this was a completely absurd undertaking, or if because the other side is working the same thing, it makes sense to throw a few dollars at it
by gnu8 6y ago
I can't decide if this was a completely absurd undertaking, or if because the other side is working the same thing, it makes sense to throw a few dollars at it just in case it turns into something.
- mhh__ 6y agoThe KGB were unfortunately extremely good at the real deal - they were probably just as mad but when the fabric of the country effectively is Chekism these things come easily. The KGB were at one point convinced that NATO were planning a preemptive strike because the lights were on at 10PM in Whitehall - the more astute reader may correctly guess this was actually due to the cleaners.
- Ancapistani 6y agoThere’s a fourth option: that we understood it was absurd and had no belief that the Russians were working on anything of the sort... but wanted the Russians to believe that we were trying to play “catch up” to their own non-existent program, resulting in the Russians diverting their own resources into a similar program. As a bonus, presumably the Russians would put significantly more resources toward it since their US-based intelligence sources were reporting that we were having success with it.
- tschwimmer 6y agoHow stupid did they think the Russians were? You have to wonder if they even did blindly copy this initiative, how many resources they'd invest.
- Dma54rhs 6y agoThese mind games would have been played both ways, cold war was a hysterical time. Maybe it was the Russians instead who played the double game and saw the opportunity to divert American resources to places they don't work against them.
- geoduck14 6y agoThe real lesson is this: Never trust an Austrian when death is on the line! AHAHAHAHAHAHA -The Princess Bride
- ASalazarMX 6y agoESP is a surprisingly cheap to research, I bet both thought "Why not? just in case".